By Uzma Zafar
ISLAMABAD: In line with the directions of Prime Minister Imran Khan, the government on Sunday has started action against non-serious and unproductive officials. According to Prime Minister Office, an evaluation report of the government officers’ dashboard was presented to PM Imran Khan.
Punjab chief secretary has completed the dashboard examination of 1586 subordinate officers and presented the report to the prime minister. The report reveals that the performance of 403 government officials has been appreciated, 263 officers were issued performance-based warnings, seven government officials issued show-cause notices, 833 officers instructed to be cautious while 111 officers were asked for clarification.
The report further said that show-cause notices have been issued to 43 assistant commissioners including ACs of Raiwind, Layyah, Jhang, Burewala, Sadiqabad, and Nankana Sahib.
Last year on December 22, Prime Minister Imran Khan had said that the federal ministers had to further bring improvement in their performance as they were no more inexperienced after two-and-a-half-years in the government. The prime minister had been addressing a ceremony to sign ‘Performance Agreements of the Federal Government for the Year 2020-21′ in Islamabad attended by ministers and special assistants to the prime minister.
Earlier, Prime Minister Imran Khan has set a target of plantation of one billion saplings until August.
According to sources, the incumbent government has thus far planted as many as 700 million saplings and it plans to plant 350 million more between February and August, thereby achieving the one billion sapling plantation target.The prime minister will himself take part in plantation drives in the four provinces by attending events to be organised in this regard to encourage plantation among people.
The sources said Special Assistant to the PM on Climate Change has outlined a schedule for the prime minister’s visit to the provinces.
The premier will soon attend an event to be held in connection with the launch of a mangrove plantation drive in Sindh and partake in olive plantation drives in Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Balochistan.Addressing the inaugural ceremony of Miyawaki urban forest at Jilani Park in Lahore on Friday, PM Imran termed smog a “silent killer”, saying it reduces 6 to 11 years of a person’s lifespan. He urged the nation to join tree plantation drive as it is a matter of our children’s future.
The Jilani Park’s Miyawalki Forest is one of the 51 sites being developed in Lahore to revive the city’s green cover and address the issues of pollution particularly smog.
